Arrest made after driver airlifted to hospital after M1 collision

By James Smith

11th Jun 2024 | Local News

The incident involved a white Mercedes HGV and a grey Volkswagen Polo (image by Google Maps)
The incident involved a white Mercedes HGV and a grey Volkswagen Polo (image by Google Maps)

Bedfordshire Police is appealing for witnesses following a collision on the M1 at 5.45pm yesterday (June 11) which left a man in a life-threatening condition.

The incident, involving a white Mercedes HGV and a grey Volkswagen Polo, took place a short distance from the southbound exit slip road at J10.

The driver of the Volkswagen Polo, a man in his 30s, was airlifted to hospital where he remains in a life-threatening condition.

The driver of the white Mercedes HGV, a 40-year-old man, has been arrested on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving.

A full closure of the main northbound carriageway and a partial closure of the southbound carriageway was put in place for around one hour, whilst emergency services attended the scene.

Sergeant Timothy Davies from the Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Roads Policing Unit said: "We are asking drivers who were travelling along this section of the M1 at the time of the incident and witnessed the collision to please get in touch.

"We are particularly interested in any dashcam footage that captured the incident or the events leading up to it."

Anyone with information is asked to contact police online at https://www.beds.police.uk/tua/tell-us-about/cor/tell-us-about-existing-case-report/ or by calling 101 quoting Operation Dungate.

     

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